This year I am participating in a Christmas tag swap. We were to make a batch of identical tags designed for use on gifts this holiday season. These are the ones I came up with:
I stamped the reindeer in Tsukineko's Staz-On in "Cotton White" on a transparency. The reindeer came from the "Christmas Silhouette" stamp set by Inkadinkado, which is one of my favorite Christmas stamp sets.
I attached the transparency to 2.25"x4.5" piece of distressed red paper from the Making Memoires "Fa La La" collection with a silver mesh and wire ribbon & punched all four corners to give it a ticket look. To keep the ribbon from getting too bulky, I tied it with some string instead of making a knot in the ribbon itself.
I made one tag for each of the 24 swap participants. Don't they look pretty all sitting there on my scrap desk? It's almost too hard to put them in an envelope and send them all away!
I can't wait to see what everyone else creates! It will be so fun to see all the different tags decorating my packages this year!
~Kathryn
Life's a beach. Scrapbook it.
very pretty love the white against the red...TFS
ReplyDeleteOhhh - good idea tying the ribbon with the string to avoid bulkiness!
ReplyDeleteOhhh Kathryn they are so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteoh my goodness!!! these are beautiful!!!!! wow!!! im bummed i missed it!
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to get my beautiful tag! It is going on my Christmas tree! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, everyone! I was on a real roll with these yesterday ~ I can't believe I completed them all in one day! :D Now they just need to go into an envelope to the swap mistress & then they'll begin their travels all over the world!
ReplyDelete~Kathryn
Life's a beach. Scrapbook it.
man, you have some really smart friend who suggested that those amazing tags be photo'd while they were all standing at attention in line on your scrap desk...lol
ReplyDelete~Jill ;-)
Yeah, Jill, good thing I have such a smart friend! Especially since I don't like taking pictures of my projects and almost never remember to get my camera out on my own! :D
ReplyDelete~Kathryn
Life's a beach. Scrapbook it.
Where was the tag swap from? I have thought about signing up for a holiday one.
ReplyDeleteHi, Pam! The Christmas Tag Swap was hosted by one of the gals on my web community: Life on the {Scrap}Beach. The sign-ups are done & it's almost time to send all the tags in, but there are lots of swaps and trades going on all the time.
ReplyDelete~Kathryn
Life's a beach. Scrapbook it.
wow such beautiful tags would make any gift extra special. adorable and classy
ReplyDeleteThe lovely swap mistress can't wait to get these in her hands! She might just have to keep them all for herself!
ReplyDeleteI got them all in their Priority Mail envelope last night, and I was even smart enough {despite my Crop Margarita} to remember to put $5.00 in the envelope with them! :D
ReplyDelete~Kathryn
Life's a beach. Scrapbook it.